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The term is most famously used for an internationally televised match in 1973 held at the Houston Astrodome between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs and 29-year-old Billie Jean King, which King won in three sets. The match was viewed by an estimated fifty million people in the United States and ninety million worldwide.
Billie Jean beat Bobby Riggs in straight sets, 6–4, 6–3, 6–3, and earned the winner-take-all prize of $100,000. The Battle of the Sexes tennis match was about more than simply defeating Riggs. She felt incredible pressure to win because, as she said afterward, “I thought it would set us back 50 years if I didn’t win that match.
Jan 8, 2024 · In 1973, the situation came to a head — with a match for the ages between top-ranked women's player Billie Jean King and tennis legend Bobby Riggs, a match that came to be known as the "Battle of the Sexes." Billie Jean King was one of the best players in the world. Central Press/Getty Images.
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Sep 20, 2017 · Sep. 20, 1973 was not a normal day in sports. Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs squared off in The Battle of the Sexes -- Round 2. Riggs had defeated Margaret Court a little over four...
505. 84K views 6 years ago. ...more. The 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs became the most watched televised sports event of all time.Battle of The Sexes -...
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Sep 22, 2017 · Battle of the Sexes, a film about the famed 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, premieres in theaters Friday. It stars Emma Stone as King, whose victory in the...
Sep 22, 2017 · You could glimpse a whole culture in miniature when the ardent feminist Billie Jean King squared off against the self-described sexist pig Bobby Riggs at the Houston Astrodome in...
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